Sonia Gandhi inaugurates Bandra Worli sea link in Mumbai

September 28th, 2009 MUMBAI - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)- Shiv Sena alliance has came out with notable promises in its manifesto for the Maharashtra State assembly elections, which includes 15per cent quota in jobs, educational institutions for economically backward classes and developing infrastructure. It was disclosed by Shiv Sena Executive President Uddhav Thackeray, senior BJP leaders Gopinath Munde and Nitin Gadkari in Mumbai on Monday.

July 14th, 2009 MUMBAI - Bharatiya Janata Party activists staged a demonstration here demanding that the recently opened Bandra-Worli Sea Link should be accessible to pedestrians. Ten years and 325 million dollars later, the ambitious sea bridge aimed at easing Mumbai's notorious traffic jams, opened on June 30, holding out hope for harried commuters.

July 8th, 2009 MUMBAI - The Bandra - Worli sea link had its first accident on Tuesday evening when two cars collided with each other. According to police sources, the wheels of a Maruti Esteem car suddenly got jammed and halted on the Worli-end of the link when another car hit to it from behind.

July 1st, 2009 MUMBAI - It was houseful on India's first open sea bridge Wednesday - celebrities and commoners came out in droves to drive up and down the newly opened engineering marvel on the sea, leading to hour-long traffic snarls at both ends. When the Bandra Worli Sea Link (BWSL) was thrown open at midnight Tuesday, there were very few vehicles, but by dawn the numbers increased, said an official of the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC).

July 1st, 2009 MUMBAI - The Coast Guard on Wednesday rescued nine persons from a police patrol boat that got entangled in a fishing net under the newly opened Bandra-Worli Sea Link bridge in Mumbai. "We got the news around 7 in the morning that people were struck in swamp and thus were not able to come out due tidal conditions.

July 1st, 2009 MUMBAI - The much-awaited Bandra Worli Sea Link (BWSL), an ambitious eight-lane twin carriageway built over the Mahim Creek of Arabian Sea, opened for commuters here on Wednesday. There were huge traffic snarls leaving commuters desperate to hit the 5.6 km-long engineering marvel, which rests on two towers, each 126 metres tall or equivalent to a 43-storeyed building.

June 30th, 2009 MUMBAI - Billed as an engineering marvel, India's first sea bridge was thrown open in this financial and entertainment capital Tuesday, promising to cut travel time by 80 percent, bypassing 23 traffic signals that commuters have to endure otherwise. United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi inaugurated the gleaming new $325 million bridge, called the Bandra-Worli Sea Link (BWSL), which was conceived over four decades ago.

June 30th, 2009 MUMBAI - India's first sea bridge, which was thrown open to traffic in this financial capital Tuesday, will be named after former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan announced here. Chavan's announcement was in response to a surprise demand to this effect by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).

June 30th, 2009 MUMBAI - Congress president Sonia Gandhi will inaugurate the much-awaited Bandra Worli sea link here today. The 5.6 kilometers long cable-stayed bridge has been designed to allow for speedy road travel between Bandra and Worli in the busy and traffic-ridden city of Mumbai.

June 21st, 2009 MUMBAI - The Rs.1,600-crore (Rs.16 billion), 5.6 km Bandra-Worli Sea Link (BWSL), which will connect the suburban Bandra with Worli on the south here, is ready and will be open to the public by the end of June, a Maharashtra minister said Sunday. Maharashtra State Roadways Development Corporation (MSRDC) Minister Vimal Mundada said the inauguration of the link would be "as per the schedule, by June-end".

June 14th, 2009 MUMBAI - The much-awaited Bandra Worli Sea Link (BWSL), an ambitious 8-lane twin carriageway built over the Mahim Creek, will be opened to the public at the end of the month. "You yourself have seen the entire work, I found the work quite satisfactory.

June 13th, 2009 MUMBAI - The much-awaited Bandra Worli Sea Link, an ambitious eight-lane twin carriageway built over the Mahim Creek of Arabian Sea in Mumbai will become operational soon. "You yourself have seen the entire work, I found the work quite satisfactory.

May 27th, 2009 MUM - The much awaited Bandra Worli Sea Link (BWSL) built over the Mahim Creek of Arabian Sea and providing faster access to commercial bus in central and south Mumbai from western suburbs will open for public after June 15. This was confirmed by the authorities of Maharashtra government on Tuesday.

April 30th, 2009 MUMBAI - Bandra-Worli sea link, an ambitious eight-lane twin carriageway, is to be opened shortly in Mumbai. The 5.6 kilometers long cable-stayed bridge has been designed to allow for speedy road travel between Bandra and Worli in the busy and traffic-ridden city of Mumbai.

March 16th, 2009 MUMBAI - Mumbai's new icon, the Bandra Worli sea link built by the Hindustan Construction Company, has been selected by an independent jury of bridge engineering experts from the Indian Institution of Bridge Engineers (IIBE) to win the coveted "Most Outstanding Bridge - National Award". Acknowledging the distinction, Vinayak Deshpande, President and COO - HCC (EPC and Construction) said, "We are privileged to receive this honor for the very first cable-stayed bridge built in open sea in India.